Online payroll and human resource software provider Paycom (NYSE:PAYC) will be reporting results tomorrow after market close. Here's what investors should know.
Last quarter Paycom Software reported revenues of $256.1 million, up 30.3% year on year, beating analyst revenue expectations by 2.34%. It was a decent quarter for the company, with a strong top line growth but a decline in gross margin.
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This quarter analysts are expecting Paycom Software's revenue to grow 23.5% year on year to $272.9 million, improving on the 14.2% year-over-year increase in revenue the company had recorded in the same quarter last year. Earnings are expected to come in at $1.05 per share.
The company only missed Wall St's revenue estimates once over the last two years, and has on average exceeded top line expectations by 1.86%.
Looking at Paycom Software's peers in the finance and HR software segment, some of them have already reported Q4 earnings results, giving us a hint of what we can expect. Paycor delivered top-line growth of 20% year on year, beating analyst estimates by 3.56% and Paylocity reported revenues up 33.9% year on year, exceeding estimates by 4.11%. Paycor traded up 3.9% on results, Paylocity was up 10.2%. Read our full analysis of Paycor's results here and Paylocity's results here.
Triggered by the Federal Reserve's hawkish stance on interest rates, shares of technology companies have been facing sell-off in 2022 and while some of the SaaS stocks have fared somewhat better, they have not been spared, with share price declining 7.37% over the last month. Paycom Software is down 10.5% during the same time, and is heading into the earnings with analyst price target of $447.2, compared to share price of $325.76.
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